Queen City Cebu logo makeover

Two years ago I came up with a logo for Queen City Cebu, featuring the Magellan's Cross landmark. But it was pretty staid, I should say.

Now we have this:

Coupled with occasional cosmetic treatments, it's more fun and lively, more appropriate for a fun oriented page.

The funny thing is that I originally made this as a placeholder for a photo-post mockup in 2019 (the original brief was for something precolonial but nothing came of it), using the old technique of making shapes from letterforms (in this case, turning 'QCC' into a crown resembling that of the Sto. Niño's (minus the surmounting cross). Now no one remembers the old logo. 😉

I also employed making shapes from letterforms in the "Ayy, Ang Cute!" (another Facebook page) profile pic:

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